Tulsi Gabbard lashes out at Pakistan for freeing Hafiz Saeed

Freddie Hansen

The terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba's chief Hafiz Saeed was named a global terrorist by the UN Security Council's Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee on December 10, 2008. He also said that he was always in favour of "action" in Jammu and Kashmir and "suppressing Indian Army in Kashmir".

India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that Saeed's release confirmed once again the lack of seriousness by the Pakistan government in bringing to justice perpetrators of terrorism, including individuals and entities designated by the UN. Pervez Musharraf said at that time he did not know much about Hafiz Saeed and the situation at that time was different.

Pervez Musharraf, the former army chief of Pakistan has said that he is the biggest supporter of Lashkar-e-Toiba and added that they like him too.

Mr Abdullah's father and NC president Farooq Abdullah also lashed out at Gen. Musharraf, who had earlier told ARY News that he was the "biggest supporter" of the LeT and its co-founder and the chief or amir of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah Hafiz Saeed.

The former president also categorically denied that LeT was involved in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks for which India blamed Pakistan.

Acknowledging the role of terror outfits like JuD and LeT are waging a "jihad" for the liberation of Kashmir from India, the former Pakistan president said, "Yes, they are involved in Kashmir and I support them".

The United States and the United Nations have classified JuD and LeT as the global terrorist groups.

The US had also branded him a terrorist and put a United States dollars 10 million bounty on his head after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. "I'm sorry if the ex-President of Pakistan thinks the LeT was going to protect Islam".

A Lahore High Court had recently freed Hafiz Saeed from 10 months of house arrest after Islamabad failed to submit enough proof against him. "In Pakistan, we don't call him a terrorist", 73-year-old Musharraf said.

Saeed was placed under house arrest in January while Sharif was still prime minister, a move that drew praise from India, long furious at Saeed's continued freedom in Pakistan.

Share this:

Hot News

First lady goes with classic, traditional Christmas decorNov 29, 2017 - 01:12
President Donald Trump's third wife has decorated the White House for the holidays , The Hill reported Monday morning. I hope that the tourists, who will visit the White house these days, will appear in a festive mood.

Judge postpones Uber trade secret trial based on bombshell memoNov 29, 2017 - 01:10
The letter contended that Jacobs had been wrongfully demoted, then fired for trying to stop the company's alleged misconduct. Uber had a unit dedicated to stealing trade secrets, according to ex-staffer Richard Jacobs, who testified in court Tuesday.

White House all set for Christmas celebrationsNov 29, 2017 - 01:09
As you can see, the White House now looks like the setting of a horror movie - and people on Twitter are having a field day. No? Well, apparently that's exactly what a certain person in the White House envisions. "She said, "It's not my thing.

There's a bug in Apple's most recent operating systemNov 29, 2017 - 01:07
The attacker needs only to head to Users & Groups, click the lock at bottom-left, then try to log in as " root " with no password. Published to Twitter on Tuesday by software engineer Lemi Orhan Ergin , the vulnerability is alarmingly straightforward.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Wednesday at Windsor CastleNov 29, 2017 - 01:05
She will conduct a street walk to meet the public, visit the National Justice Museum, and join a celebration for World AIDS Day. Ms Markle is to become the fourth patron of the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry .

UK Gov publishes Industrial StrategyNov 28, 2017 - 01:23
The Strategy comes after a green paper consultation earlier this year received nearly 2,000 responses from industry and academia. Published this morning, the industrial strategy places clean growth among four "Grand Challenges" that it aims to solve.

HTC rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo for unlocked U11 todayNov 28, 2017 - 01:22
The smartphone was shipped with Android 7.1 in the U.S. market, which left users anticipating the update for Android 8.0 Oreo. Nonetheless, all users can expect all the major features coming to HTC U11 as a part of Android 8.0 Oreo update.

Trump chooses legislative agenda over GOP repulsion of MooreNov 27, 2017 - 01:45
He also pointed out that Moore "totally denies" the accusations against him and that the media "has to listen to him also". A White House official clarified to The Times that Trump believes Moore should exit the race if the allegations are true.